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Family members who had Sinopharm or Sputnik vaccines remain 'locked out' of Australia

Haroon Iqbal with his mother and father.

Haroon Iqbal with his mother and father. Source: Supplied

Australia’s lack of approval - or conditional age approval - of Chinese and Russian-made vaccines that are popular overseas, means many are still subject to travel caps and 14 days of mandatory hotel quarantine.


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By Eden Gillespie, Sofija Petrovic

Presented by Sofija Petrovic

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Australia’s lack of approval - or conditional age approval - of Chinese and Russian-made vaccines that are popular overseas, means many are still subject to travel caps and 14 days of mandatory hotel quarantine.



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